Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	bow_v	earth_n	knee_n	3,628	5	9.5783	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00832	The lives of saints written in Spanish, by the learned and reuerend father Alfonso Villegas, diuine and preacher. ; Translated out of Italian into English, and conferred with the Spanish. By W. & E.K. B..; Flos sanctorum. English	Villegas, Alfonso de.; Ribadeneyra, Pedro de, 1526-1611.; Kinsman, Edward.; Kinsman, William.	1614 (1614)	STC 24731.5; ESTC S95676	392,335	715

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